paizo.com Favorited Posts by GeraintElberionpaizo.com Favorited Posts by GeraintElberion2015-03-12T21:24:40Z2015-03-12T21:24:40ZRe: Books: Goodbye Terry PratchettGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2s2ec?Goodbye-Terry-Pratchett#412015-03-12T21:27:45Z2015-03-12T21:24:35Z<p>I can only imagine that he's sat in a dark garden, eating one of Albert's bacon sandwiches.</p>
<p>The author of my youth who never went away, and of my most re-read books.</p>
<p>Sad news.</p>I can only imagine that he's sat in a dark garden, eating one of Albert's bacon sandwiches.
The author of my youth who never went away, and of my most re-read books.
Sad news.GeraintElberion2015-03-12T21:24:35ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=144?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#71852015-03-02T16:07:02Z2015-02-21T21:05:58Z<p><a href="http://youtu.be/WwmIgIiITI0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">I see you grinning in the darkness every time they take a piece of my heart.</a></p>I see you grinning in the darkness every time they take a piece of my heart.GeraintElberion2015-02-21T21:05:58ZRe: Movies: Hobbit 3: The Battle of 55 ArmiesGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rs2d?Hobbit-3-The-Battle-of-55-Armies#122015-01-12T15:28:06Z2014-12-13T22:21:24Z<p>Christopher Tolkein is not thrilled with the films and is holding on to the rights to Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and his own Children of Hurin.</p>
<p>It's a shame Del Toro walked on this; it's a shame they turned one film into three.</p>Christopher Tolkein is not thrilled with the films and is holding on to the rights to Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and his own Children of Hurin.
It's a shame Del Toro walked on this; it's a shame they turned one film into three.GeraintElberion2014-12-13T22:21:24ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: Not all those who wander are lost. ~JRRTGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rqtv?Not-all-those-who-wander-are-lost-JRRT#422014-12-06T18:04:24Z2014-12-06T16:31:55Z<p>I̢̡͚̯̙̹̫̥̻͖̙͔͆̄ͭͦ̉͊ͤ͞s̛̤͔͔͖͎̱͙̭̱̭̤̳̲̭͖̈̏̌̈̃ͨ̌̓̇ͥ̿̉̿̍̚͢͝͡͝ ̸̖̣͎̳̬̟͖̗̼̜͓̪͎̜ͧ̽͋̂ͩ̓̉ͦ͛̏ͩͤ̋͛̔̚̚͞ͅt̡̡̛̝͖̬̥̥ͭ̂̓̅ͣ̌ͥ͊̽̽̂̏͋̐̽͐ͮ̎́̀h̢͍̉̉ͮ̈́͋͑̆̈̀ ̜̰̣̟̞̫̣̣̰̘ȉ̏͂ͬ͋͂̅̐̅̐̈́ͨ͛̂̅͒̾҉̷̸̥̜̘̥̳̱̱͎̹s̞̠͙̦̖̤̯̠̖̥̻̣̭͖͔̍̈́̆̐̓̓͋͋ͧ͛ͭ̎̄̉̔͛̕͟ͅ ̙̟̬ ̧̲̝̘͍̮͓̬̬̼̮̋̐ͩ͊͒͋̀͒ͤ̈́̃͊̇̂̀͠͡ġ̛̜̪̞̹̳̲̠͍̤̯̊̎̅̓̑́̃̏̌͗͂̍̆͊̒̉̽̀́͘͠ͅo̾ͮ̽̅̒̽ͯ͆͛̽͆ ̷̶͖͓̫̘̫͚̣̦͑ͯͪ̋̈͆ĩ̴̡͎͕̰̭̟̰̰̣̠̘̦̗̰̺͙̞̻͆̌̎ͯ̀̌̉ͦ̔̈́̉ņ̢̡̬̜̹̥͇ͨ̑ͩ̍͑͆̓ͨͪͭ̇͌ͥ̉ͯͮ̀̊ ̫̣͕̺̺͇̞̟͚g̖̺̯̣̖̪̥͕̗͈̰̮͓̩̤̹̫͍̿̾̀̀̒ͪ͑͘ ̸̶̠͔̠̘̬̬̹̯̯̼̘͈̫̠͚̪̩̤͊̽̋͗̂ͫ̀͜͢t̉̑̄̑̐̕҉̶͖͓͕̞͜o͌̅̓̆̃̇̄̆ͧ̀ͣ͏̴̨̝͕̰̩̮̟̘̤̤͍̮̥̰͍̹͜͞ ̖̫ ̶̳͚̙̩͎̦̹͕̲̻͕̹͙̗͖̠͊ͧ͌̿ͫͪ͗͗̓̽̂̏̕ͅb̷̵͋ͫͭ͊͂͒͆ͧͩ̒͋ͤ͟҉̳͍̙̟̪͙̳͡ĕ̄̈́͑͏̙͉̜̤̭̤̥͈̘̩͟͞ͅ ̥ ̸̥͓̠͚̥̬͍̤̎͒̑̀̃͒ͤ͒̈́̏ͥ̋̀̀͟ļ̧̨͇̦̻͓̩̓̐ͯͪ́ͭ̅ͅį̦̟͇͍̥͇̜͙̟̝͙͇̠̮̝̄̅ͪ͑ͫͫͨ̇͗̎̍ͪ̇͋͠ͅk ̴̸̧̟̥͉̱̖̮̺͈̳͆̂̈́ͩ̄͐̓ȩ̴̡̬̻͇̮͇͈͖̠͙̜̰͔̣̪͗̾̓̕͢ ̷̵̸̡̩͙͕͍̗̻͈͚̼̞̫͚͎̄ͦ̈́̒̉̌̋ͯͯ͂͒̅̌̄̑͋ͤ͗̆́A̶̡̪̮͕͖͇̣͍͕̽͊̓ͫ͂̋ͩ̊̎ͦͦ̔̅͋͒ͨ̚̚r͑̒̓ͣ͗̓̂̚ ̶͖͉͚͈̲̣͚̝̤͒ͬ͋͟o̶̪̠͔̪͐ͧͪ̂̌̽̆̃ͫ̓ͧ̋͆ͮ̚͟͝͞ḑ̶̧̮̱̦͉͖͍̞͍͖̰̥̯̊͑̽̊̋ͦͪ͂͆͗ͦ̃́̋ͥ͘͞ͅẻ̊ ̴̈̂ͤ̏ͨ̇ͦ͏̛̯̟̮̳͇̫̣̭͙̫͇͖̣̱͍̟̠n̡̪̬͚̺͕̦̜͉̮̝̙͕͐ͤ̆̔ͤ̔͊͜͟͝'̢͖̞̗̻̖̞̹͂͐̅ͪͩ̊ͪ̌͒͒̀͟͠ś ͧ͒̾ͯ̈̄ͯ̈͋̈͏͏͙͕̰̤̮͙͍̠͖͉̞ ̱̥̼͕͕̤̪͖͓̘̜̝͖̭̱̭̘͆͑ͪͦͥ̓̓̀͌̌͐̂̿͗̉̇ͭ̚͢͞ͅr͍͎͍̥̼̼̩̱͎ͩͭ̈̄̀́͟ė̵̸ͦͯ͆̐ͨ͐ͦͭ̀́͏͎͈͖̠̪ ̗̮t̵͗̔̓̂͊ͥ̈́҉͕̮̟̺͈͙͎̬̖̻u̘̺̗̟̼̙̙̠̘̼͔̩̯̘͇̙ͪͨͦͬͧ͛͒͠͡ͅr̴̝̪͕͑̂͌̐ͪ̇̂ͤ̓ͧ̿̐͛͐͂̈́̈́ͭ̚͞͠ ̺̗̘͚̬̬̣͔̳̥̯͇̦͇nͥͪ͊͌̈́ͫͪ͂̐̂ͨͧ̂ͫ҉̵̛̞̜̤̘̣͖̮̫̥͇͡</p>I̢̡͚̯̙̹̫̥̻͖̙͔͆̄ͭͦ̉͊ͤ͞s̛̤͔͔͖͎̱͙̭̱̭̤̳̲̭͖̈̏̌̈̃ͨ̌̓̇ͥ̿̉̿̍̚͢͝͡͝ ̸̖̣͎̳̬̟͖̗̼̜͓̪͎̜ͧ̽͋̂ͩ̓̉ͦ͛̏ͩͤ̋͛̔̚̚͞ͅt̡̡̛̝͖̬̥̥ͭ̂̓̅ͣ̌ͥ͊̽̽̂̏͋̐̽͐ͮ̎́̀h̢͍̉̉ͮ̈́͋͑̆̈̀ ̜̰̣̟̞̫̣̣̰̘ȉ̏͂ͬ͋͂̅̐̅̐̈́ͨ͛̂̅͒̾҉̷̸̥̜̘̥̳̱̱͎̹s̞̠͙̦̖̤̯̠̖̥̻̣̭͖͔̍̈́̆̐̓̓͋͋ͧ͛ͭ̎̄̉̔͛̕͟ͅ ̙̟̬ ̧̲̝̘͍̮͓̬̬̼̮̋̐ͩ͊͒͋̀͒ͤ̈́̃͊̇̂̀͠͡ġ̛̜̪̞̹̳̲̠͍̤̯̊̎̅̓̑́̃̏̌͗͂̍̆͊̒̉̽̀́͘͠ͅo̾ͮ̽̅̒̽ͯ͆͛̽͆ ̷̶͖͓̫̘̫͚̣̦͑ͯͪ̋̈͆ĩ̴̡͎͕̰̭̟̰̰̣̠̘̦̗̰̺͙̞̻͆̌̎ͯ̀̌̉ͦ̔̈́̉ņ̢̡̬̜̹̥͇ͨ̑ͩ̍͑͆̓ͨͪͭ̇͌ͥ̉ͯͮ̀̊ ̫̣͕̺̺͇̞̟͚g̖̺̯̣̖̪̥͕̗͈̰̮͓̩̤̹̫͍̿̾̀̀̒ͪ͑͘ ̸̶̠͔̠̘̬̬̹̯̯̼̘͈̫̠͚̪̩̤͊̽̋͗̂ͫ̀͜͢t̉̑̄̑̐̕҉̶͖͓͕̞͜o͌̅̓̆̃̇̄̆ͧ̀ͣ͏̴̨̝͕̰̩̮̟̘̤̤͍̮̥̰͍̹͜͞ ̖̫...GeraintElberion2014-12-06T16:31:55ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: Congratulations Euros on Mankind's first Comet Landing.GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rp11?Congratulations-Euros-on-Mankinds-first-Comet#52014-11-22T19:39:30Z2014-11-12T18:45:58Z<p>That title gave me an odd mental image: Gorky's Zygotic Mynki playing on an asteroid.</p>That title gave me an odd mental image: Gorky's Zygotic Mynki playing on an asteroid.GeraintElberion2014-11-12T18:45:58ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=138?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#68582014-11-10T04:01:35Z2014-10-30T21:17:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">drunken_nomad wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">David M Mallon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Kirth Gersen wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Orthos wrote:</div><blockquote> HammerFall ► Hammerfall</blockquote><p>My friend Heyward, about Bad Company:
<p>"When a group has a song that's named after themselves, it's a sure sign that they <i>suck!</i>" </blockquote>Hey man, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZaFIHab0g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">"Minor Threat" by Minor Threat</a> is a CLASSIC. </blockquote><p>IRON MAIDEN by IRON MAIDEN
<p>...Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far.</p>
<p>Bad Company is a pretty goofy band (though I still like 'Rock n Roll Fantasy') and the song is alright *shrug* (as is the 5FDP cover of that self titled tune).</p>
<p>Orthos, have you had a chance to see Wacken Open Air festival? Or Paganfest if youre in the states? A lot of those bands play in those places...Download Festival in UK too. Watching Amon Amarth or Kamelot or Turisas or Gamma Ray live is spectacular! </blockquote><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nFCl-5PqUc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Snot - <i>Snot</i></a>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=579HD1RS-l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Refused - <i>Refused are F+!$ing Dead</i></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keTv_vpwLc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wu-Tang Clan - <i>Wu-Tang Clan ain't Nothing ta F%@* Wit</i></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh-5FI21s6M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jane's Addiction - <i>Jane Says</i></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDabHIuakCc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Atari Teenage Riot - <i>Atari Teenage Riot II</i></a></p>drunken_nomad wrote:David M Mallon wrote: Kirth Gersen wrote: Orthos wrote: HammerFall ► Hammerfall
My friend Heyward, about Bad Company: "When a group has a song that's named after themselves, it's a sure sign that they suck!" Hey man, "Minor Threat" by Minor Threat is a CLASSIC. IRON MAIDEN by IRON MAIDEN ...Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far.
Bad Company is a pretty goofy band (though I still like 'Rock n Roll Fantasy') and the song is alright *shrug* (as is the 5FDP cover of...GeraintElberion2014-10-30T21:17:27ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: UltrasoundGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r43x?Ultrasound#372014-10-19T16:30:53Z2014-10-18T18:58:23Z<p>Babies are awesome!</p>
<p>Baby TacticsLion is, presumably, preparing for a mythic game of Kirthfinder already.</p>Babies are awesome!
Baby TacticsLion is, presumably, preparing for a mythic game of Kirthfinder already.GeraintElberion2014-10-18T18:58:23ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: Who is Providing ISIS with their Weapons?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rld1?Who-is-Providing-ISIS-with-their-Weapons#182014-10-15T01:58:53Z2014-10-14T17:39:43Z<p>So, third Gulf War coming soon to a military near you.</p>
<p>Ain't it grand!</p>So, third Gulf War coming soon to a military near you.
Ain't it grand!GeraintElberion2014-10-14T17:39:43ZRe: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Adventure Path #86: Lords of Rust (Iron Gods 2 of 6) (PFRPG)GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/products/btpy97az/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Adventure-Path-86-Lords-of-Rust#1432014-10-21T17:54:07Z2014-10-12T22:57:40Z<p>This is great: the semi-sandbox environment, the rep rules, the gangs...</p>
<p>Good work Logue.</p>This is great: the semi-sandbox environment, the rep rules, the gangs...
Good work Logue.GeraintElberion2014-10-12T22:57:40ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: The Falklands War: war between argentina and britianGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rkia?The-Falklands-War-war-between-argentina-and#212014-10-12T12:00:39Z2014-10-11T20:08:49Z<p>That's not really a sensible comparison.</p>
<p>Geography is often misread here: the Falklands are a long way from Argentina, they are not 'naturally' part of any state.</p>
<p>The people who matter here, the Islanders, speak English and feel themselves to be British. The economy has, for generations, been supported by the UK with no expectation of benefit.</p>
<p>In a sense, colonising the Falklands has been a mistake but we have supported the place regardless.</p>
<p>Every so often they have a referendum to prove the obvious: the overwhelming majority of the islanders want to remain British.</p>
<p>I don't understand why LazarX has a problem with that?</p>
<p>It makes more sense for Alaska to join Canada and Hawaii to become an independent state than it does for Argentina to govern the Falklands. None of those things should happen though.</p>That's not really a sensible comparison.
Geography is often misread here: the Falklands are a long way from Argentina, they are not 'naturally' part of any state.
The people who matter here, the Islanders, speak English and feel themselves to be British. The economy has, for generations, been supported by the UK with no expectation of benefit.
In a sense, colonising the Falklands has been a mistake but we have supported the place regardless.
Every so often they have a referendum to prove...GeraintElberion2014-10-11T20:08:49ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: The Falklands War: war between argentina and britianGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rkia?The-Falklands-War-war-between-argentina-and#92014-10-12T08:04:12Z2014-10-10T20:49:27Z<p>It's depressing that an oppressive dictator can use war to distract his people and then, even after they angrily ditch him, the animosity he manufactured continues for generations.</p>
<p>What a terrible, terrible man.</p>It's depressing that an oppressive dictator can use war to distract his people and then, even after they angrily ditch him, the animosity he manufactured continues for generations.
What a terrible, terrible man.GeraintElberion2014-10-10T20:49:27ZRe: Gamer Talk: Because Gamer Funk is a Serious Issue...GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rkn1?Because-Gamer-Funk-is-a-Serious-Issue#22014-10-07T18:44:53Z2014-10-07T18:41:41Z<p>Is this a forum post, or is it ad copy?</p>Is this a forum post, or is it ad copy?GeraintElberion2014-10-07T18:41:41ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=136?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#67562014-09-30T13:49:54Z2014-09-29T22:08:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Don Juan de Cornelius wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>Funk for Friday!</b></p>
<p>Perennial favorite:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb9rBvZXLcs&amp;list=PLN2XY6lQZJHsqbH67WSXjD6qS_ZbOxbSC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">There's a Riot Goin' On</a></p>
<p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv8BGEiiqMA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">There's a riot goin' on inside of me...</a>Don Juan de Cornelius wrote:Funk for Friday!
Perennial favorite:
There's a Riot Goin' On
There's a riot goin' on inside of me...GeraintElberion2014-09-29T22:08:58ZRe: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Module: Feast of Dust (PFRPG)GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/products/btpy99gl/discuss?Pathfinder-Module-Feast-of-Dust#32015-02-15T20:01:07Z2014-09-27T08:00:20Z<p>I'm still excited to see Logue's name next to things.</p>I'm still excited to see Logue's name next to things.GeraintElberion2014-09-27T08:00:20ZRe: Pathfinder RPG: General Discussion: What was the elf doing growing up?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rip2&page=4?What-was-the-elf-doing-growing-up#2002014-09-27T00:38:01Z2014-09-26T20:32:15Z<p>I'm going to repeat this...</p>
<p>It doesn't matter how long you live, you're still going to spend your whole life as a level 1 peasant unless you hit the heroic jackpot.</p>
<p>A human who gets granted eternal life will still stay at level 1 for all of eternity unless they get adventuring (or GM/advernture-designer fiat elevates them for story reasons).</p>
<p>The lifespan doesn't matter. If you've got a 6 intelligence then you'll just go from stupid kid to stupid adult to stupid relic.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-bigger>The real controversy is that after the age of 70 humans don't have to roll a save against senility every year! Paizo are idiots...</span></p>I'm going to repeat this...
It doesn't matter how long you live, you're still going to spend your whole life as a level 1 peasant unless you hit the heroic jackpot.
A human who gets granted eternal life will still stay at level 1 for all of eternity unless they get adventuring (or GM/advernture-designer fiat elevates them for story reasons).
The lifespan doesn't matter. If you've got a 6 intelligence then you'll just go from stupid kid to stupid adult to stupid relic.
The real controversy...GeraintElberion2014-09-26T20:32:15ZRe: Product Discussion: Name the four best adventure writers for Pathfinder?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rhpo?Name-the-four-best-adventure-writers-for#502014-09-22T15:54:04Z2014-09-21T17:26:21Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Louis Agresta wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">GeraintElberion wrote:</div><blockquote> I would put Logue at the top for Razor Coast alone.</blockquote><p>To be fair, while RC is Logue's brainchild/heartchild/creative c-section, and he wrote about a third of the core book, Hitchcock wrote the other third.
<p>I love when those two collaborate. Carnival anyone?</p>
<p>- Lou </blockquote><p>In my perfect world, those two are housemates in a sprawling gothic plantation-owners house.
<p>Without outside influence they would shred most of their work in drunken arguments but the need to compete with Pett's creative output is just too strong.</p>
<p>Also, given my Razor Coast love, I should definitely add Agresta to the list!</p>Louis Agresta wrote:GeraintElberion wrote: I would put Logue at the top for Razor Coast alone.
To be fair, while RC is Logue's brainchild/heartchild/creative c-section, and he wrote about a third of the core book, Hitchcock wrote the other third. I love when those two collaborate. Carnival anyone?
- Lou In my perfect world, those two are housemates in a sprawling gothic plantation-owners house. Without outside influence they would shred most of their work in drunken arguments but the need...GeraintElberion2014-09-21T17:26:21ZRe: Television: doctor who alert!!GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2res2&page=3?doctor-who-alert#1072014-09-13T21:09:23Z2014-09-12T19:40:26Z<p>The last episode was good because it was written by Mark Gatiss.</p>The last episode was good because it was written by Mark Gatiss.GeraintElberion2014-09-12T19:40:26ZRe: Paizo Products: Yup, It's time for Pathfinder 2.0GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rdq2&page=2?Yup-Its-time-for-Pathfinder-20#882014-08-17T22:10:35Z2014-08-17T21:15:34Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Virgil Firecask wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Odraude wrote:</div><blockquote> Also I recall (perhaps incorrectly) that the hardcovers are sold at a loss. And considering the hardcovers are all on OGL SRD for free, I'm inclined to believe that. </blockquote><p>I severely doubt that. The Core Rulebook was what pulled Paizo's butt out of the fire when WotC went to 4th Ed. If Paizo was making a loss on those, they wouldn't be in business long enough to have made the rest of their books.
<p>Their hardcovers are priced similarly to other companies. Which means, that if Paizo is selling theirs at a loss, then everyone else is selling at a loss as well.</p>
<p>Your math just doesn't add up.</p>
<p>The only thing that I've heard that sells close to a loss (but still makes the barest of profit) is the Beginner's Box. That's because they stack as much into that box as they can and want to put it at an affordable price point. </blockquote><p>The core rule book did not save Paizo financially, but conceptually.
<p>It allowed them to continue their fantastic subscription-based business.</p>
<p>The CRB did sell a lot, as Lisa has made clear, and I expect that Paizo are making money from it. However, Paizo did not need mad-rulebook-cash to stay afloat; they needed a popular, in-print version of 3.5 for which they could sell adventures.</p>Virgil Firecask wrote:Odraude wrote: Also I recall (perhaps incorrectly) that the hardcovers are sold at a loss. And considering the hardcovers are all on OGL SRD for free, I'm inclined to believe that.
I severely doubt that. The Core Rulebook was what pulled Paizo's butt out of the fire when WotC went to 4th Ed. If Paizo was making a loss on those, they wouldn't be in business long enough to have made the rest of their books. Their hardcovers are priced similarly to other companies. Which...GeraintElberion2014-08-17T21:15:34ZRe: Play-by-Post Discussion: Dm Corerue's Wrath of the Righteous! The Worldwound Incursion DiscussionGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/campaigns/DmCoreruesWrathOfTheRighteousTheWorldwoundIncursion/discussion&page=12#5982014-08-14T07:15:00Z2014-08-13T20:34:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kieran Crane wrote:</div><blockquote> Happy marriage! Congratulations, GE! Hope your honeymoon was everything you wanted it to be. </blockquote><p>Thanks everyone,
<p>Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
<br />
all mimsy were the borogoves and the mome raths... well, really. And in public as well!</p>
<p>:D</p>Kieran Crane wrote:Happy marriage! Congratulations, GE! Hope your honeymoon was everything you wanted it to be.
Thanks everyone, Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
all mimsy were the borogoves and the mome raths... well, really. And in public as well!
:DGeraintElberion2014-08-13T20:34:18ZRe: Gamer Talk: What was it like growing up through the anti RPG hysteria of the 70s and 80s?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rb6f?What-was-it-like-growing-up-through-the-anti#292014-07-31T05:24:07Z2014-07-27T20:01:04Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Taliesin Hoyle wrote:</div><blockquote><p> You young people of today...</p>
<p>When I was eight years old, I moved from Oxford, to a gold mining town (Carletonville) in apartheid South Africa. My brother was eight years older than me. He went to university and came back with the red box. At the time, I was a wreck. I had gone through a series of traumas, with the worst two being my difficulty adapting to living in a fascist, racist, fundamentalist state, and surviving sexual abuse by an older boy. I had almost nothing to live for, but that red box gave me a sudden escape. I had already read The Hobbit, and I knew some mythology, but the ability to re-invent myself through D&amp;D hit me with a force that I can still recall. I read the basic and expert rules under the covers with a flashlight, and even a candle, which singed the page with the third level cleric spells on it. It became the best thing in my life, and I naturally wanted to share my discovery with my peers.
<br />
Within short order, I was being punched in the gut by children who didn't even know me, spat on from balconies. I had my nine year old head flushed in a used toilet. A teacher confiscated my dice, as evil.
<br />
Three older boys grabbed me from the corridoor, into an empty classroom, held me down, and tried to perform an exorcism on me, using latin they probably got from a horror movie. I was sent by the school to a psychiatrist, for atheism, after my notebook was stolen, and handed to the guidance counsellor. I was told by well-meaning adults that I was going to go to hell, and that I had invited Satan into my life. I had one friend. He was also from England, and had the Greyhawk setting, box set. I endured. </p>
<p>In fairness, there was a lot of goofy stuff about my school life. My biology teacher handed out leaflets titled "Is the Kaffir an Ape, or Just a Sub-human?" We had more hours of religious teaching in a week, in my state school, than we had English lessons. We had regular canings and punishment by exercise. My history teacher took pains to explain to the class that carbon dating is a lie... </blockquote><p>Blimey!
<p>I hope you've come back to blighty: in the UK you can play in quiet pubs and the most you get is someone mooching over to say, "What are you playing? Looks like dnd, I used to play that when I was a kid."</p>Taliesin Hoyle wrote:You young people of today...
When I was eight years old, I moved from Oxford, to a gold mining town (Carletonville) in apartheid South Africa. My brother was eight years older than me. He went to university and came back with the red box. At the time, I was a wreck. I had gone through a series of traumas, with the worst two being my difficulty adapting to living in a fascist, racist, fundamentalist state, and surviving sexual abuse by an older boy. I had almost nothing...GeraintElberion2014-07-27T20:01:04ZRe: Paizo Products: Paizo Blog: Meet the Iconics: ZadimGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lgbw&page=3?Meet-the-Iconics-Zadim#1172014-07-25T11:07:32Z2014-07-25T10:56:58Z<p>Another reminder that we're <i>still</i> waiting for Erik's Pathfinder Tales debut.</p>Another reminder that we're still waiting for Erik's Pathfinder Tales debut.GeraintElberion2014-07-25T10:56:58ZRe: Rise of the Runelords: Why is it so good?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r9oa?Why-is-it-so-good#92014-07-18T01:32:34Z2014-07-16T19:15:53Z<p>I also think that Sandpoint is a big deal here: so many players and GMs love Sandpoint.</p>I also think that Sandpoint is a big deal here: so many players and GMs love Sandpoint.GeraintElberion2014-07-16T19:15:53ZRe: Play-by-Post: Dm Corerue's Wrath of the Righteous! The Worldwound IncrusionSeren Tyddewi (alias of GeraintElberion)http://paizo.com/campaigns/DmCoreruesWrathOfTheRighteousTheWorldwoundIncursion/gameplay&page=16#7852014-07-15T04:46:08Z2014-07-14T19:32:09Z<p>Eager to contribute, I call upon divine aid to check assess our 'allies'.</p>
<p><b>"Shelyn's grace guide us: as beauty is truth and beauty is virtue, so reveal ugly hearts to me."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>casting <a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/detect-evil" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Detect Evil</a>.</span></p>Eager to contribute, I call upon divine aid to check assess our 'allies'.
"Shelyn's grace guide us: as beauty is truth and beauty is virtue, so reveal ugly hearts to me."
casting Detect Evil.Seren Tyddewi (alias of GeraintElberion)2014-07-14T19:32:09ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=130?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#64722014-07-13T08:05:20Z2014-07-10T21:43:50Z<p>It's Drunken Nomad's fault... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIjev6nte2M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Deftones covering Sinatra by Helmet</a>.</p>It's Drunken Nomad's fault... Deftones covering Sinatra by Helmet.GeraintElberion2014-07-10T21:43:50ZRe: Comics: New Order of the Stick Strip UpGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ljn0&page=53?New-Order-of-the-Stick-Strip-Up#26252014-07-06T04:23:22Z2014-07-02T20:34:30Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">TriOmegaZero wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">VM mercenario wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">markofbane wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Sissyl wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Xabulba wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Sebastian wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">markofbane wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Woodford wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Alex Martin wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">jemstone wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">GregH wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Drejk wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Dazylar wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Dazylar wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Drejk wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Itchy wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fromper wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Caineach wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Fromper wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">strayshift wrote:</div><blockquote><p> "I'll go... uh... check on Mr Scruffy."</p>
<p>Sinister? </blockquote>Yeah, that struck me as a bluff check, where nobody was paying enough attention to bother making a sense motive roll. Guaranteed he's stalking the vampire. </blockquote>it struck me as "the best way I can help is by being out of the way" </blockquote><i>Possibly</i>. Just reread it &amp; I noticed that he's kind of looking directly <b>at</b> Durkula as he's saying it. I suspect that Fromper &amp; strayshift might be on to something... </blockquote>Either we're totally right, or Belkar really is just worried about the vampire eating his cat. :P </blockquote>Or it's both. Also, the nesting quotes are starting to look like either a pit or a pyramid, depending upon how my eyes look at it. </blockquote>Both pit and pyramid are appropriate for OotS :P </blockquote>That's a pretty weirdly proportioned pyramid... </blockquote>I suppose it'll look right when it gets to about 35 'nests'. </blockquote>That's what you get when you make pyramid out of sticks. </blockquote>I think its starting to look more like a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhouses_of_the_indigenous_peoples_of_North_America" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">longhouse</a>. </blockquote>ALL HAIL THE NEST-QUOTE-A-MID. </blockquote>50 Shades of Nest Gray pattern's forming there. </blockquote>At what point does the background in the middle swamp the print? </blockquote>An intriguing question. I suppose we can find out while we are waiting for the next OotS comic. </blockquote><p>So, the OotS thread is now the how deep can nested quotes go challenge?
<p>I'm in. </blockquote><p>Nest it til' it
</p>
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>... </blockquote><p>It's strangely beautiful.TriOmegaZero wrote:VM mercenario wrote: markofbane wrote: Sissyl wrote: Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote: Xabulba wrote: Sebastian wrote: markofbane wrote: John Woodford wrote: Alex Martin wrote: jemstone wrote: GregH wrote: Drejk wrote: Dazylar wrote: Dazylar wrote: Drejk wrote: Itchy wrote: Fromper wrote: Irnk, Dead-Eye's Prodigal wrote: Caineach wrote: Fromper wrote: strayshift wrote:"I'll go... uh... check on Mr Scruffy."
Sinister?
Yeah, that struck me as a bluff check, where nobody was...GeraintElberion2014-07-02T20:34:30ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: The World CupGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5qf&page=6?The-World-Cup#2852014-07-01T23:56:56Z2014-07-01T20:43:00Z<p>Belgium v USA is way more interesting for me because of my fellow paizonauts.</p>
<p>I actually had a conversation today which went something like this:</p>
<p>"I'm supporting Belgium because they have superior chocolate."
<br />
"And beer!"
<br />
"But they don't have cowboys."
<br />
"No, no cowboys."
<br />
"USA then..."</p>Belgium v USA is way more interesting for me because of my fellow paizonauts.
I actually had a conversation today which went something like this:
"I'm supporting Belgium because they have superior chocolate."
"And beer!"
"But they don't have cowboys."
"No, no cowboys."
"USA then..."GeraintElberion2014-07-01T20:43:00ZRe: Play-by-Post: Dm Corerue's Wrath of the Righteous! The Worldwound IncrusionSeren Tyddewi (alias of GeraintElberion)http://paizo.com/campaigns/DmCoreruesWrathOfTheRighteousTheWorldwoundIncursion/gameplay&page=16#7712014-06-28T23:46:27Z2014-06-28T14:31:22Z<p>I stare blankly ahead, lost in the vision, and as it progresses I grow even more still and rigid: every muscle tensed beyond straining; my heartbeat a steady pace but pounding against my chest like waves against the shore.</p>
<p>The one clear sign of my feelings is a steady line of tears flowing down my face and gathering in damp stains on my shift, like a statue of a saint from which, one day, tears seem to spring unbidden.</p>I stare blankly ahead, lost in the vision, and as it progresses I grow even more still and rigid: every muscle tensed beyond straining; my heartbeat a steady pace but pounding against my chest like waves against the shore.
The one clear sign of my feelings is a steady line of tears flowing down my face and gathering in damp stains on my shift, like a statue of a saint from which, one day, tears seem to spring unbidden.Seren Tyddewi (alias of GeraintElberion)2014-06-28T14:31:22ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: The World CupGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5qf&page=5?The-World-Cup#2032014-06-29T18:03:24Z2014-06-26T20:34:32Z<p>Pele also scored nine goals in his first 9 WC games.</p>
<p>Ronaldo has arguably the best World Cup record: scored 8 goals in 7 games in 2002 and holds the record for most career WC goals.</p>
<p>His eight goals in the 2002 World Cup include two in the final against... Germany.</p>
<p>Damn, those Brazilians are good.</p>Pele also scored nine goals in his first 9 WC games.
Ronaldo has arguably the best World Cup record: scored 8 goals in 7 games in 2002 and holds the record for most career WC goals.
His eight goals in the 2002 World Cup include two in the final against... Germany.
Damn, those Brazilians are good.GeraintElberion2014-06-26T20:34:32ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=129?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#64132014-07-27T04:08:30Z2014-06-26T20:17:32Z<p><a href="https://redefinitionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-the-people-like-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Klaus Layer</a>: German breakbeat. Sounds like the late '90s... in a good way.</p>Klaus Layer: German breakbeat. Sounds like the late '90s... in a good way.GeraintElberion2014-06-26T20:17:32ZRe: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Belkzen, Hold of the Orc Hordes (PFRPG)GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/products/btpy9aue/discuss?Pathfinder-Campaign-Setting-Belkzen-Hold-of-the-Orc-Hordes#352014-07-07T23:49:31Z2014-06-21T08:34:35Z<p>I really don't want to see a bunch of redeemed orcs in this.</p>I really don't want to see a bunch of redeemed orcs in this.GeraintElberion2014-06-21T08:34:35ZRe: Music & Audio: Good covers of great songsGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2m5u9&page=7?Good-covers-of-great-songs#3252014-06-20T22:52:51Z2014-06-20T19:26:58Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCa-YtBnPcg&amp;feature=kp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cap'n Jazz perform Take On Me, originally by A-Ha</a></p>Cap'n Jazz perform Take On Me, originally by A-HaGeraintElberion2014-06-20T19:26:58ZRe: Books: If the author is dead, why is the english teacher alive?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r69o&page=2?If-the-author-is-dead-why-is-the-english#572014-06-21T00:25:17Z2014-06-17T23:27:38Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Kobold Cleaver wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">GeraintElberion wrote:</div><blockquote></p>
<p>This is just silly.</blockquote>No, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a> is. </blockquote><p>No, that's great art which explores the obsessive nature of desire. You're just reading it wrong.Kobold Cleaver wrote:GeraintElberion wrote:This is just silly.
No, this is. No, that's great art which explores the obsessive nature of desire. You're just reading it wrong.GeraintElberion2014-06-17T23:27:38ZRe: Books: If the author is dead, why is the english teacher alive?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r69o?If-the-author-is-dead-why-is-the-english#502014-06-21T00:23:45Z2014-06-17T23:13:27Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">BigNorseWolf wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee"> Orfamay Quest wrote:</div><blockquote>Of course, no specific person in particular needs to read for deeper understanding. If you yourself think that Moby Dick is just a story about a fishing trip, and you enjoy it as such, have fun. But that doesn't eliminate the culture (both content and context) of the symbols in the book.</blockquote>I would argue that some of the layers of symbolism (past what the author either had in mind or clearly had on their mind while writing) aren't deep, they're bull. At some point its like reading tea leaves or looking at clouds and insisting that the shapes you see are actually there. </blockquote><p>Can we put this on a t-shirt?
<p>If I see the shape of a pig in a cloud and say, "Hey, that looks like a cloud." then BeeNee will pour scorn on me because...?</p>
<p>Nope, still don't understand why?</p>
<p>Unless you're implying that I have claimed it is a real pig, which I never would do.</p>
<p>Must just be the shape you impose on other people's statements... it's almost like you're disregarding authorial intent entirely and imposing your own interpretation on others' words: completely prioritising the reader's (your) interpretation over the writer/speaker's intent.</p>
<p>Wowser!</p>BigNorseWolf wrote: Orfamay Quest wrote:Of course, no specific person in particular needs to read for deeper understanding. If you yourself think that Moby Dick is just a story about a fishing trip, and you enjoy it as such, have fun. But that doesn't eliminate the culture (both content and context) of the symbols in the book.
I would argue that some of the layers of symbolism (past what the author either had in mind or clearly had on their mind while writing) aren't deep, they're bull. At...GeraintElberion2014-06-17T23:13:27ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: The World CupGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r5qf?The-World-Cup#382014-06-14T18:47:17Z2014-06-14T13:18:51Z<p>Just watched replays of Van Persie's header.</p>
<p>Outrageous skill, at high speed against the best team in the world.</p>
<p>I really hope it doesn't win goal-of-the-tournament because the skill needed to top that would be worth seeing.</p>Just watched replays of Van Persie's header.
Outrageous skill, at high speed against the best team in the world.
I really hope it doesn't win goal-of-the-tournament because the skill needed to top that would be worth seeing.GeraintElberion2014-06-14T13:18:51ZRe: Kingmaker: Zuddiger's Picnic artwork?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l50p&page=3?Zuddigers-Picnic-artwork#1232014-06-13T08:43:39Z2014-06-12T20:24:59Z<p>Wow, three great versions of the book!</p>Wow, three great versions of the book!GeraintElberion2014-06-12T20:24:59ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=127?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#63482014-07-08T02:29:58Z2014-06-07T23:44:16Z<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE&amp;feature=kp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">soy un perdedor</a></p>soy un perdedorGeraintElberion2014-06-07T23:44:16ZRe: Paizo Products: Hypersexualization of women in Pathfinder materialsGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r442&page=3?Hypersexualization-of-women-in-Pathfinder#1462014-06-02T21:30:19Z2014-06-02T21:29:07Z<p>It's sad that some people seem to want to make this thread a re-hash of old threads rather than engaging with the OP's interesting argument which I don't believe has been seen on the boards before.</p>
<p>Of course, the art has a connection with the OP's point but it isn't really the deal.</p>
<p>So, try talking about it in context of the OP, otherwise you can just link to old threads which have, at great length, covered almost every perspective on clothing/gender/sexualisation or iconics/art.</p>It's sad that some people seem to want to make this thread a re-hash of old threads rather than engaging with the OP's interesting argument which I don't believe has been seen on the boards before.
Of course, the art has a connection with the OP's point but it isn't really the deal.
So, try talking about it in context of the OP, otherwise you can just link to old threads which have, at great length, covered almost every perspective on clothing/gender/sexualisation or iconics/art.GeraintElberion2014-06-02T21:29:07ZRe: Paizo Products: Hypersexualization of women in Pathfinder materialsGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2r442&page=3?Hypersexualization-of-women-in-Pathfinder#1402014-06-02T21:01:15Z2014-06-02T20:55:24Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Wiggz wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Chief Cook and Bottlewasher wrote:</div><blockquote><p> Faiths of Purity</p>
<p>Not 99% but not off-base either.</blockquote><p>No, not 99% and that's with the most egregious example you can find. In AP's, modules and world books that number continues to drop noticeably to the point that the percentage of scantily clad women in Pathfinder begins to pretty closely mirror the percentage of scantily clad women in my day-to-day life.
<p>I think many - such as in the post above - are grossly exaggerating the problem and doing so in an apparently misguided attempt to convince the lone company in the industry that doesn't need convincing. I suspect that its not the company they're actually trying to convince on these message boards, hence the hyperbole and straw men that are so often advanced as hard fact. </blockquote><p>I know everyone loves to talk about art but the OP was not about art.
<p>It was about NPC interaction with PCs.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>Wiggz wrote:Chief Cook and Bottlewasher wrote:Faiths of Purity
Not 99% but not off-base either.
No, not 99% and that's with the most egregious example you can find. In AP's, modules and world books that number continues to drop noticeably to the point that the percentage of scantily clad women in Pathfinder begins to pretty closely mirror the percentage of scantily clad women in my day-to-day life. I think many - such as in the post above - are grossly exaggerating the problem and doing so...GeraintElberion2014-06-02T20:55:24ZRe: Paizo Products: Paizo Blog: Meet the Iconics: JirelleGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lg5a&page=3?Meet-the-Iconics-Jirelle#1402014-06-01T22:48:32Z2014-06-01T21:56:17Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Aaron Scott 139 wrote:</div><blockquote>What worries me a little is a trend I keep seeing about the demonizing of attractive characters, and I'm not talking about just the ones that have the bikini armor. <b>Attractive, at least based on some posts both here and on other forums, is somehow now a bad thing.</b> Even an attractive face is problematic now to some.</blockquote><p>Really, maybe I'm just not reading the threads you are? Or maybe they're mostly on other forums?
<p>I think you'd be hard-pressed to find much of that on Paizo.</p>Aaron Scott 139 wrote:What worries me a little is a trend I keep seeing about the demonizing of attractive characters, and I'm not talking about just the ones that have the bikini armor. Attractive, at least based on some posts both here and on other forums, is somehow now a bad thing. Even an attractive face is problematic now to some.
Really, maybe I'm just not reading the threads you are? Or maybe they're mostly on other forums? I think you'd be hard-pressed to find much of that on Paizo.GeraintElberion2014-06-01T21:56:17ZRe: Product Discussion: Pathfinder Player Companion: People of the Stars (PFRPG)GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/products/btpy98i4/discuss&page=3?Pathfinder-Player-Companion-People-of-the-Stars#1132014-05-30T22:49:08Z2014-05-30T22:45:24Z<p>I love that cover: so pulp!</p>I love that cover: so pulp!GeraintElberion2014-05-30T22:45:24ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=127?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#63022014-06-26T12:55:58Z2014-05-18T19:58:44Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">drunken_nomad wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">GeraintElberion wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">drunken_nomad wrote:</div><blockquote>...lots of cool stuff... </blockquote><p>I saw QOTSA about twelve years ago and it was hugely disappointing: they doubled the length of every song with noodley soloing which left me cold.
<p>Mars Volta did something similar. </blockquote><p>I can see that noodling in some of the youtube clips. I only had 'Welcome to Sky Valley' from Kyuss. Mostly for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdOlzIRCdk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Demon Cleaner</a> and then I lost track of Homme until <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAXPUN2z2CE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Feel Good Hit of the Summer</a>. I didn't see em live until 2011, then not again until last year. But they've tightened up and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv85MMaX0b0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> go with the flow</a>.
<p>Mars Volta and Sunn 0)))) I cant get into, yet. </blockquote><p>Mars Volta's gateway drug is the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oer81PgsSxA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tremulant EP</a>, first thing they did and has hints of At The Drive-In lurking in the corners.
<p>I'd love to see QOTSA really kick it.</p>
<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/87060087" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Melvins</a> was the best gig I went to where a band just rocked hard for an hour and played all of their crowd-pleasers.</p>
<p>This weekend I have listened to a radio show twice, because I enjoyed it so much.
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0441bcy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Stuart Maconie's guide to No Wave.</a></p>drunken_nomad wrote:GeraintElberion wrote: drunken_nomad wrote:...lots of cool stuff...
I saw QOTSA about twelve years ago and it was hugely disappointing: they doubled the length of every song with noodley soloing which left me cold. Mars Volta did something similar. I can see that noodling in some of the youtube clips. I only had 'Welcome to Sky Valley' from Kyuss. Mostly for Demon Cleaner and then I lost track of Homme until Feel Good Hit of the Summer. I didn't see em live until 2011,...GeraintElberion2014-05-18T19:58:44ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=126?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#63002014-06-21T13:34:50Z2014-05-18T19:51:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">David M Mallon wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">David M Mallon wrote:</div><blockquote><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeE4nXD-7_g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">King Geedorah - "Next Levels"</a></blockquote><p>Followed this one home:
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpofOB34Xo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Take Me To Your Leader</a> </blockquote>King Geedorah / MF Doom is pretty boss. Oddly enough, my friend Ray (guitarist for Perfect Pussy) is the guy who introduced me to the guy's music. </blockquote><p>My favourites are his collaborations: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW-9TcDTKa8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JJ Doom</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLitsWwOjiQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dangerdoom</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Madvillian</a>.
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I don't know why, I still like the solo stuff, especially the darkness of Born Like This.</p>David M Mallon wrote:Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote: David M Mallon wrote:King Geedorah - "Next Levels"
Followed this one home: Take Me To Your Leader King Geedorah / MF Doom is pretty boss. Oddly enough, my friend Ray (guitarist for Perfect Pussy) is the guy who introduced me to the guy's music. My favourites are his collaborations: JJ Doom, Dangerdoom and Madvillian.
I don't know why, I still like the solo stuff, especially the darkness of Born Like This.GeraintElberion2014-05-18T19:51:19ZRe: Comics: Marvel is realizing straight white guys arent the only ones who can save the world...GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qys6?Marvel-is-realizing-straight-white-guys-arent#212014-10-17T02:58:52Z2014-05-02T23:42:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Orthos wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">k3ndawg wrote:</div><blockquote>When a story is written, not one moment should be spent on race/sex/political considerations. It should just be a story, told without agenda.</blockquote>And those that do are the best stories. Nothing turns my interest off from a story than stumbling over this or that particular soapbox of the author's. </blockquote><p>That's just bad writing. The good writing comes when a writer stops being clumsy, not when they divorce themselves from society and pretend that they can step outside of society and culture.Orthos wrote:k3ndawg wrote:When a story is written, not one moment should be spent on race/sex/political considerations. It should just be a story, told without agenda.
And those that do are the best stories. Nothing turns my interest off from a story than stumbling over this or that particular soapbox of the author's. That's just bad writing. The good writing comes when a writer stops being clumsy, not when they divorce themselves from society and pretend that they can step outside of...GeraintElberion2014-05-02T23:42:31ZRe: Comics: Marvel is realizing straight white guys arent the only ones who can save the world...GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qys6?Marvel-is-realizing-straight-white-guys-arent#172014-10-17T02:58:03Z2014-05-02T23:38:56Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">k3ndawg wrote:</div><blockquote>When a story is written, not one moment should be spent on race/sex/political considerations. It should just be a story, told without agenda. Just as we should read these stories, without our own agendas.</blockquote><p>I disagree with this.
<p>Firstly, if you are not consciously considering rac/sex/politics then your subconsious assumptions and biases will come through. Race/sex/politics will still be there, it just won't be deliberate.
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In my experience, great art is deliberate.
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Also, we cannot interpret art without our own agendas. We can either acknowledge them or pretend they don't exist. My experience is that pretending they don't exist is limiting.
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All art is a dialogue between creator and audience.</p>
<p>Most of the folks who wrote all straight+white+male superhero teams were not consciously trying to promote straight+white+male: they just wrote what 'came naturally' to them and there assumptions and biases shone through.</p>k3ndawg wrote:When a story is written, not one moment should be spent on race/sex/political considerations. It should just be a story, told without agenda. Just as we should read these stories, without our own agendas.
I disagree with this. Firstly, if you are not consciously considering rac/sex/politics then your subconsious assumptions and biases will come through. Race/sex/politics will still be there, it just won't be deliberate.
In my experience, great art is deliberate.
Also, we cannot...GeraintElberion2014-05-02T23:38:56ZRe: Pathfinder Campaign Setting Products: Paizo Blog: Who Doesn't Like A Little Conflict?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lg0i?Who-Doesnt-Like-A-Little-Conflict#82014-04-30T07:52:06Z2014-04-29T20:24:31Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">TriOmegaZero wrote:</div><blockquote> <b>Is that Sajan's <i>sister?</b></i> </blockquote><p>Same order, would be my guess.
<p>I don't think I've ever colour-co-ordinated with my sister.</p>TriOmegaZero wrote:Is that Sajan's sister?
Same order, would be my guess. I don't think I've ever colour-co-ordinated with my sister.GeraintElberion2014-04-29T20:24:31ZRe: Books: RIP Gabriel Garcia MarquezGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qwld?RIP-Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez#62014-04-18T20:34:16Z2014-04-18T19:44:39Z<p>One of those writers who made you see the world through a different lens.</p>
<p>I am reminded of Gerald Davies' tribute to the late, great Ray Gravell: “I shall not say, though, that we will never see his like again for I hope we do. There could be no poorer way to honour Grav than to assume his spirit is perished, never more to arise."</p>One of those writers who made you see the world through a different lens.
I am reminded of Gerald Davies' tribute to the late, great Ray Gravell: “I shall not say, though, that we will never see his like again for I hope we do. There could be no poorer way to honour Grav than to assume his spirit is perished, never more to arise."GeraintElberion2014-04-18T19:44:39ZRe: Music & Audio: What are you listening to as you browse the message boards?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ha7e&page=125?What-are-you-listening-to-as-you-browse-the#62142014-05-30T15:53:15Z2014-04-16T22:02:31Z<p>That Om was great: made me go and listen to <a href="http://nomadesense.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">No Made Sense</a> again.</p>
<p>Mix of new and old on the GE radio lately:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th2bZaRkmLE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">5ive - Gulls</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCecMdknpTg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67cx9M2c51M" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shabazz Palaces - Black Up</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQV3sDW2YE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Crosses - This is a Trick</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8xzYEgid0w" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Braid - Consolation Prizefighter</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEuEoUgSC2c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Walter Schreifels - Ballad of Little Kim</a></p>That Om was great: made me go and listen to No Made Sense again.
Mix of new and old on the GE radio lately:
5ive - Gulls
Future of the Left - How to Stop Your Brain in an Accident
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Crosses - This is a Trick
Braid - Consolation Prizefighter
Walter Schreifels - Ballad of Little KimGeraintElberion2014-04-16T22:02:31ZRe: Off-Topic Discussions: Overheard at the Paizo officeGeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2mjiz&page=107?Overheard-at-the-Paizo-office#53392014-04-16T04:03:58Z2014-04-15T22:51:23Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sara Marie wrote:</div><blockquote><p> <b>robot chris: </b>I wish I had reverse dictionary</p>
<p><b>robot chris: </b>where I told it what I wanted word to mean, and it gave me word </blockquote><p><a href="http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The internet is your friend.</a>Sara Marie wrote:robot chris: I wish I had reverse dictionary
robot chris: where I told it what I wanted word to mean, and it gave me word
The internet is your friend.GeraintElberion2014-04-15T22:51:23ZRe: Pathfinder RPG: General Discussion: Plan your build, or just wing it?GeraintElberionhttp://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qup6?Plan-your-build-or-just-wing-it#102014-04-01T23:41:00Z2014-04-01T21:29:58Z<p>character development is, for me, shaped by circumstance.</p>character development is, for me, shaped by circumstance.GeraintElberion2014-04-01T21:29:58Z